Soo if you haven’t been following this whole wikiLeaks saga, a while back ago wikileaks got hold of a video which the US government did not want them having. Some members were detained and a lot of drama ensued via their twitter where they suddenly stopped posting for several hours drawing some concern. Well today they finally released their video.
WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded. For further information please visit the special project website www.collateralmurder.com.
CNN Compared to other news sources:
http://i.imgur.com/NVih0
More info from BBC: http://tiny.cc/4yhzo
EDIT / UPDATE:
Another great post from reddit explaining military opinion (individual, not government)
TL;DR: I’m military and been right over that neighborhood at a different time; the video may be disturbing but doesn’t strike me as unjustifiable. The coverup is what we should save our real vitriol for. I know some of you will immediately dismiss this as you view everyone in the military as inherently evil. I find that silly. (There are also people who think I can do no wrong because I AM and I find that dangerous). Give it a read anyway
Read more from the link above.
EDIT / UPDATE 2: Now on CNN.
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